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Ms. Petruzzelli from Bridgeport CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Tell Me a Story!

My students need cassette players, CD players, and headphones to read along with audio stories.

  • $471 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

What child doesn't love to hear a story? But it isn't possible to read to everyone all the time. That's why a listening station is such an important part of a first grade classroom.

My students come from diverse backgrounds and all receive free breakfast and lunch every day.

Our building is over 100 years old! We are in a city with very limited resources and it's often difficult to gather the supplies I'd like my students to have.

My Project

We need cassette players, CD players, and headphones to read along with audio stories. Currently, we do not have a working CD player or cassette player. I am lucky to have a collection of stories on CD and cassette, but have no way to share them with my students! How I wish they could hear these stories! Not only would they enjoy them, but they would improve their listening and reading skills, increase their vocabulary, and expand their horizons.

Your generosity will enable my first graders this year, and for years to come, to have the opportunity to enjoy listening to and reading along with many stories.

Please help me to help my students develop a life-long love of reading.

Ms. Petruzzelli
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CU660 - Portable Cassette Player/Recorder • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 2 $139.90
DD220X - Multipurpose Headphones with Volume Control - Set of 8 • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
JJ665 - Portable CD Player • Lakeshore Learning $79.95 2 $159.90

Materials cost

$359.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$400.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.61

Total project goal

$470.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $470.76

1 Donor

-$470.76

Donations toward project cost

-$400.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.61

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 $0.00

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